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Justice Samudrala Govinda Rajulu of the A.P. High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy seeking bail in illegal assets case.
The Judge said that "this court is of considered opinion that the petitioner is not entitled for bail pending investigation of entire aspects relating to case".
The verdict means he will remain in jail as a CBI court has extended his judicial remand till July 18 a few hours after the High Court rejected his bail petition.
The judge, who heard a senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and the CBI over two days, felt that this was a serious economic offence. He recalled that three charge sheets have been filed and there are five more instances which are being investigated.
Justice Govindrajulu said that the Enforcement Directorate was investigating the allegations regarding money laundering. The court had elaborately discussed upon the argument that the MP was losing his rights and there was no harm in releasing him, he said and added: "if this is viewed in bifocal manner this court is of the opinion that individual right of petitioner for bail cannot have precedence over the larger interests of society".
The judge recalled that the allegation made in the case was that of substantial wrongful loss of public money of a large magnitude which was meant for development and welfare of public of the State.
Jagan, who was named as the key accused in the case, was arrested on May 27 and is under judicial remand at Chanchalguda jail here. His lawyers moved the High Court for bail on June 21. The Judge had completed hearings on the petition on June 27 and had reserved the orders for today.
Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani who had argued for Jagan, contended that his client was a prominent public figure heading a political party having 17 MLAs and two MPs. Jagan's arrest was politically motivated and that there was no absolute evidence about his client being non-cooperative with CBI or the possibility of tampering with the evidence.
On the other hand, senior counsel for CBI Ashok Bhan had argued that the case involved financial irregularities to the tune of Rs.43,000 crore and the agency was investigating the fund flow into Jagan's companies. Giving bail to the accused at this time may hamper investigation as the probe agency was yet to file some more charge sheets in the case.


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CINCINNATI (AP) — Johnny Cueto pitched his third career shutout against the team that beat him in the playoffs, and Joey Votto hit a two-run homer that led the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 Wednesday for their first winning series this season.
Cueto (1-2) limited the Pirates to three hits and struck out a career-high 12 during his first shutout since 2011.
Francisco Liriano (0-3) threw balls on 10 of his first 13 pitches and allowed three runs, six hits and three walks in seven innings along with two wild pitches.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Julio Teheran (3-1) ) retired his first 12 batters and pitched a three-hitter for his first complete game in 38 career starts.
Evan Gattis homered among a career-best four hits. Cliff Lee (2-2) struck out 13 and pitched around 11 hits in a complete game, throwing a career-high 128 pitches.
PHOENIX (AP) — Dillon Gee (1-0) retired his first 14 batters and allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings as the Mets completed a three-game sweep.
Arizona finished an 0-6 homestand in which it led at the end of just one inning and dropped to 1-11 in home games, including a pair of losses in Australia that started the season. At 4-14, the Diamondbacks are off to their worst 18-game start.
Anthony Recker hit a solo homer off Brandon McCarthy (0-3), who gave up three runs, nine hits and three walks — two intentional — in 5 2-3 innings. Aaron Hill and Paul Goldschmidt homered off Jose Valverde in the ninth.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wily Peralta (2-0) allowed one run and six hits in 6 1-3 innings as Milwaukee avoided a series sweep.
Milwaukee, which entered the series with a nine-game winning streak, had one run and six hits in losing the first two games to St. Louis.
Cardinals starter Joe Kelly (1-1) gave up an unearned run and three hits in four innings. He left in the middle of the fourth inning with left hamstring tightness after trying to beat out a bunt attempt in the top half.
MIAMI (AP) — Jayson Werth's homer scored three unearned runs against Jose Fernandez as Washington overcome a 3-0 deficit.
Two errors in the sixth inning by Marlins catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia helped the Nationals. Pinch-hitter Zach Walters broke a tie in the eighth inning against Mike Dunn (0-2) with his second career homer — and his second in as many nights.
Drew Storen (1-0) got the final two outs in the seventh, and Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his third save in as many chances.
Miami's Jose Fernandez allowed three runs — all unearned — four hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and no walks.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andrew Cashner pitched into the eighth inning and Chris Denorfia drove in two runs to lift the San Diego Padres over the Colorado Rockies.
Cashner (2-1) wasn't nearly as sharp as he was in his previous start when he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against Detroit on Friday before settling for a one-hitter with a career-best 11 strikeouts.
But the righty was resourceful as he consistently pitched his way out of trouble. Cashner gave up nine hits and allowed two runs — one earned — with five strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Justin Morneau went 3 for 3 and drove in both Rockies runs. Jorge De La Rosa (0-3) pitched a season-high six innings, allowing three runs — two earned — and seven hits.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pablo Sandoval singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a victory over the rival Los Angeles Dodgers and into first place in the NL West.
The struggling Sandoval came through after reliever J.P. Howell (1-1) intentionally walked Hunter Pence with two outs. Sandoval, who entered batting just .164, grounded into center field to score Joaquin Arias from second.
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Montenbruck, O. (2000) An epoch state filter for use with analytical orbit models of low earth satellites. Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 4 (4), pp. 277-287.
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Kalman filters provide a well established means for satellite orbit determination. In combination with space based sensors like GPS, DORIS or PRARE, accurate estimates of the spacecraft position and velocity can be obtained in real-time on-board the space vehicle. Traditionally, numerical methods of varying complexity are applied for propagating the state vector are referred to the epoch of the lastest sensor output. In the present stude a different approach is followed, which offers increased on-board autonomy and is particularly promising for small satellites with moderate accuracy requirements. An analytical orbit model is used to describe the spacecraft trajectory and mean elements at epoch are estimated instead of the instantaneous, osculating state vector. This adds the capability of performing on-board orbit prediction over time scales of up to one week, which is required, for instance, for the autonomous forecast of eclipse times or station contacts. Making use of the SGP4 orbit model that is compatible with NORAD twoline elements, an epoch state Kalman filters has been implemented and tested with GPS flight data of GPS/MET (MicroLab-1) and MOMSNAV (MIR). It is demonstrated that the proposed method provides an accuracy compatible with that of the analytical model and is robust enough to handle large data gaps in case of limited on-board resources for GPS operation. By adjusting the ballistic coefficient along whith the mean elements, a considerable improvement of mid-term orbit predictions is achieved over methods that are restricted to the estimation of the state vector alone.
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Title: | An epoch state filter for use with analytical orbit models of low earth satellites | ||||
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Date: | 2000 | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Aerospace Science and Technology | ||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||
Volume: | Vol. 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 277-287 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Keywords: | on-board orbit determination/Kalman filter/twoline elements/GPS | ||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||
DLR - Program: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | ||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W -- no assignement (old) | ||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Space Operations and Astronaut Training > Hauptabteilung Raumflugbetrieb und Astronautenausbildung | ||||
Deposited By: | elib DLR-Beauftragter | ||||
Deposited On: | 16 Sep 2005 | ||||
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Next generation Android OS is coming very soon and users should be aware which devices may get the first-hand major firmware update of the year. Here are some models with highest chances based on release dates and software support window period.
HTC Smartphones
HTC users will depend on the approach of the company regarding firmware updates. Some models have faced issues with drivers and software support such as HTC One X and One X+ which are both removed from Android KitKat upgrade plan.
- HTC One M7 and M8
- HTC One Max and Mini
- HTC Butterfly and Butterfly S
All of these devices are included in the Android KitKat plan from HTC according to @LlabTooFeR and still inside the 18-month software support window period. However, the Sense UI version may vary from each device.
Certain HTC devices such as Desire smartphones are still subjected due to some of models running Android ICS and Jelly Bean only. Flagships are always prioritised regarding software updates.
LG Smartphones and G Pad 8.3
LG G2 and G3 are likely the first on receiving Android 4.5 which may be followed later on by G Flex. Expect the new firmware to become as well for LG G Pad 7.0, 8.3 and 10.1 along with G2 Mini and G Pro 2.
It is unknown if LG will consider other models included in the Android KitKat such as Vu 3 and Optimus F Series. Most of these devices are still eligible due to software support window but LG has the right to choose which ones deserve it.
Motorola Smartphones
Moto X and Moto G are both eligible for the update and users may expect quick rollout just like with Android 4.4.3 KitKat. Additionally, Motorola hinted out that there is another new firmware update for Moto E but the company did not reveal what version owners can expect.
It is also obvious that these smartphones will bear the near-vanilla user interface from the next-generation Android version like with Android KitKat. There is no information yet from Motorola regarding the next major firmware upgrade for Droid Maxx, Droid Ultra and Droid Mini.
Nexus Devices
It is up to Google to decide if older Nexus devices are still eligible for Android 4.5. Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 2013, and Samsung Nexus 10 are all upgradable to Android 4.4.2 KitKat but the support of Android 4.4.3 version has been extended to Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 2013 only.
Depending on the final line up of Nexus devices, Android 4.5 may only support the following:
- Nexus 6
- Nexus 8
- Nexus 10 2
- Nexus 5
- Nexus 7 2013
Nexus 4, Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 10 will reach the expiration of software support by the time a new Android version is announced.
Samsung Galaxy
There are several Samsung devices available in the market and the first batch for Android 4.5 will likely be the flagship models.
- Galaxy S5
- Galaxy Note 4
- Galaxy Note 3
- Galaxy Note 3 Neo
- Galaxy S4
- Galaxy Grand 2
- Galaxy Tab S
- Galaxy Tab 3
Other models which may be included on the second batch are Galaxy Note 10.1 2014, Note 8.0, Galaxy Note Pro and Galaxy Tab Pro. Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 are likely eliminated from Android 4.5 as Android KitKat would be their end of life cycle based on expired software support.
Sony Xperia
Sony Mobile will prioritise the models from Xperia Z series similar to Android KitKat upgrade plan. Moreover, some mid-range devices released in 2014 may be included but not the same case with devices released back in 2013.
- Xperia Z2
- Xperia Z1
- Xperia Z1 Compact
- Xperia Z Ultra
- Xperia Z1 and Z1S
- Xperia Z2 Tablet
Some units under Xperia Z series may end with Android KitKat such as Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z after receiving two major upgrades. Xperia T2 Ultra, M2 and E1 may also become eligible with Android 4.5 after Sony Mobile included them on Android KitKat plan. Sony Xperia SP is likely to end with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean or 4.4.2 KitKat.


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Groupon shakes up team in Europe, part II
Less than six months into the job, Groupon's international guru, Veit Dengler, has exited the company according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters. Glassdoor.com
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Groupon is playing musical chairs with its executive team in Europe—a region that has been a source of revenue headaches because of the sovereign debt crisis and the overall economic slowdown, Reuters reports in an exclusive this morning. But wait a second: didn't a big European executive shift just happen?
Indeed it did. The daily deal giant had only named corporate veteran Veit Dengler as a new senior vice president in April. Yet an internal memo obtained by Reuters says that Dengler, who is not even six months into the job, is out. Replacing him is Chris Muhr, the senior vice president of sales, who will now head the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Dengler had assumed duties previously assigned to Marc Sawmer —one of the three Sawmer brothers, venture capital hot shots who were 6.5 percent shareholders in Groupon early on—in what was a planned shift. This move sounds different.
The memo did not give any reason for Dengler's departure. He will be the latest in a slew of executives, including Lee Brown, who oversees national sales, who have left or decided to leave Groupon in recent months.
Unlike Dengler, who had previously worked for Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Muhr is familiar with the rough-and-tumble world that is daily deals, having been brought into the fold from Citydeal, a company that Groupon acquired in 2010 as a way to get into international markets.
Change definitely happens swiftly for Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), and given that its stock price has plummeted from $20 at its initial public offering to $4.78, it doesn't seem like this latest tumult is going to do the Chicago-based company much good.
- Teresa Novellino
- Upstart Business Journal Entrepreneurs & Enterprises Editor
After getting an MA in journalism from Syracuse University, Teresa worked as a general assignment newspaper reporter—general on purpose because besides the usual city hall and police articles, there was the chance to fly an F-18 with the Blue Angels and tag along with bounty hunters on a stakeout—all good preparation for covering entrepreneurs.
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Accepted name: | methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase [NAD(P)H] | ||||||||
Reaction: | 5-methyltetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)+ = 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NAD(P)H + H+ | ||||||||
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Other name(s): | methylenetetrahydrofolate (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) reductase; 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH); 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolic acid reductase; 5,10-CH2-H4folate reductase; methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH2); 5-methyltetrahydrofolate:NAD+ oxidoreductase; 5-methyltetrahydrofolate:NAD+ oxidoreductase; methylenetetrahydrofolate (reduced riboflavin adenine dinucleotide) reductase; 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; N5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; 5,10-methylenetetrahydropteroylglutamate reductase; N5,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; methylenetetrahydrofolic acid reductase; 5-methyltetrahydrofolate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase (incorrect); 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (FADH2); MetF; methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH); 5-methyltetrahydrofolate:NADP+ oxidoreductase | ||||||||
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Comments: | A flavoprotein (FAD). Menadione can also serve as an electron acceptor. | ||||||||
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Nov 12, 2010 02:51 PM|srinivask|LINK
Which one gives better benefits among these two in the following areas
Development Effort.
Application Maintenance.
Thanks in advance.
Nov 12, 2010 02:59 PM|XIII|LINK
1 Performance:
Measure. Really you can create performant applications with both but you can also screw up royally with both. Measuring your results is the only way to know for sure in your situation.
2 dev effort:
Personally I found the UI mapping possibilities of EF to be more RAD while developing. DAAB is great but it requires you to still write a lot of code or, if you're like me, try to create some custom T4 templates which generates code for you depending on the database to reduce that amount of parrot work.
3 Application maintenance:
Either simply need to be put away in a dedicated layer so that swapping them out and replacing them becomes way easier and makes your application more maintainable. This is simply applying good architectural designs.
Grz, Kris.
Nov 12, 2010 03:11 PM|sreejukg|LINK
Nov 14, 2010 11:40 AM|srinivask|LINK
Hi XIII,
Thank's for your response .Can you please explain little bit more on this .I mean what are the Pros and Cons in both .
Thank's in Advance .
Nov 14, 2010 12:20 PM|XIII|LINK
Can you please explain little bit more on this .I mean what are the Pros and Cons in both .
EF gives you a great visual experience while designing your data access layer. DAAB takes more manual work (though you can optimize that by using custom made macros and T4 templates to generate things for you).
EF in 3.5 wasn't that exciting so if you're still stuck with 3.5 like me then opt for DAAB instead. EF became good to work with as of version 4.0.
And for more cons & pros: check both technologies out yourself, experiment with them and see what works for you and your team. Don't always rely on second opinions but make up your own experience and build on that.
Grz, Kris.
Nov 14, 2010 02:44 PM|LudovicoVan|LINK
IMHO, EF and similar approaches suffer a fundamental flaw: to have the metamodel in code. The DAAB I think stands at a lower level, on top of which you not only have templating: the metamodel can be in data, then you just need an administrator and a gui...
Nov 16, 2010 06:04 AM|srinivask|LINK
Hi all,
In .NET Framework 4.0 having huge improvements in entity-framework. I have done some R&D work and find out some differences which provided me clear picture. I have specified some of them below .you can find complete post here ..
Entity Framework 4.0 |
Enterprise Library 5.0 |
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compiled cached queries :
It is simply a query for which you tell the framework to keep the parsed tree in memory so it doesn't need to be regenerated the next time you run it. So the next run, you will save the time it takes to parse the tree.
Explanation :
The first time you run this query, the framework will generate the expression tree and keep it in memory. So the next time it gets executed, you will save on that costly step. |
NO Support .Use Store Producers instead of hoc queries to improve the performance . |
2 |
Model-First: Create your Entity Data Model and from that model generate DDL to create the database.
Model -Last Create your database first and Implement your Entities .
3 |
Developing vise verse possible (Entity to Tables ) and (Tables to Entity) |
No Support |
4 |
MVC with the Entity Data Source Control and the Entity Framework to quickly create data driven web. |
Need to implement Business Entities manually (takes more time ) |
5 |
LINQ Support |
LINQ Support |
5 |
Multiple related tables to a single entity and reduce code complexity. |
No Support |
7 |
Simplify Application Maintenance By using entities in place of traditional data access code, changes to the underlying database schema do not always require changes to the application code. Extend your applications to use more powerful editions of SQL Server or replace the database that |
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Automatically creates Complex types -Functions where as Enterprise library we have to create custom type
Need to implement manually |
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No need to write any code for Business entities
DAL framework, its very hard to come back and change later, no matter your architecture, because you'll have to redo a lot of code, be it well isolated or not |
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Re tuns Strong types |
Returns Dataset/Datatable which make heavy (needs to covert to strong types ) |
11 |
Re commanded development strategy Either simply need to be put away in a dedicated layer so that swapping them out and replacing them becomes way easier and makes your application more maintainable. This is simply applying good architectural designs. |
Same |
12 |
Little bit slower when compare to Enterprise Library (store procedure mapping by default hock queries ) (we can tune to improve the performance [Support only 4.0) |
13 |
Custom Code-Gen Leverage T4, Text Template Transformation Toolkit, an easy, flexible and powerful Code Generation tool that is fully integrated into the Visual Studio experience to customize the generation of POCO or Entity Classes. |
Required Third party tools to generate business entities |
14 |
Easily maintainable and changeable |
Takes more time for changes |
15 |
Model Driven Development Separate the logical storage model of data from the way you model data within the application. The Entity Framework provides a mapping between the application data model and the relational database model . |
No support for MDD |
16 |
Support POCO templates (plain old clr objects)
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You are comparing apples with pears: EF is an O/RM, the DAAB is (only) a data access technology.
Moreover, a decent relational database (say, SqlServer) does an excellent job at optimizing and storing execution plans and, more generally, at handling data that is relational in nature; plus, you would model before implementing in that case too; plus, there is no spaghetti code involved either, and I would say much less so... and so on.


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Balasingh, C and Kanakalatha, P and Sridhar, MK and Singh, AK (1988) Residual stresses in aluminium alloy sheet/aramid fiber laminated composites. Technical Report. National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, India.
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The residual stress in aluminum alloy sheets in laminates consisting of alternate layers of aluminum alloy sheets and unidirectional aramid fibers-epoxy composite has been measured both by x-ray diffraction and layer removal methods. The stresses in fiber direction in AI-alloy sheet as measured on different specimens are tensile and vary between 33 MPa and 1 8 MPa. In the transverse direction the stresses are compressive and vary between 23 to 2 MPa.
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Leon Edel offers useful guidelines in his preface to
the Letters of Henry James.
"Among scholars the discussion is interminable: how should letters be edited?
Some seem to believe that modern letters should be reproduced almost as if they
were photographs of the original. Is this valid in an age of photography? It
seems to me when letters are translated from handwriting to print, they should
be edited to be read as one reads books: with an avoidance of brackets and an
economy of footnotes. The & should certainly read "and," and all abbreviations
and shortcuts of hasty writing deserved to be spelled out. Simon Nowell Smith,
in a charming lecture on "Authors, Editors and Publishers," raised his voice
rightly think against the bracketed sic when used immoderately, or the
reproduction of obvious spelling mistakes anyone might make when writing in a
hurry. Modern scholarship has perhaps been rigid in believing that what applied
to ancient manuscripts may be applied to the modern. I have made silent
corrections when they were obviously called for; but where there has been a
significant slip of the pen I have indicated it in footnotes or kept it in the
text... As for the footnotes, I have preferred to be simply informative, with a
strong feeling that if one carried footnotes to the extreme one could end up
writing a history of all civilization. I see no need to give full names and
dates for every name in the letters. ...Such footnotes as I have included are
bibliographical or historical; identifications are made when they involved
persons we meet repeatedly. I have tried to offer an answer wherever a reader
might ask a questions. "
My first job out of college was as a fact checker and picture researcher (at the Franklin Mint, outside Philadelphia PA). I hadn't known such jobs existed, and I'd never read so much from American Heritage. I eventually went to library school knowing I wanted to work in some sort of specialized library or research setting. The following books and websites have been sources of inspiration and information as I've learned more about the 19th century and EJ Phillips' world.
Barnet, A.
Alison, Extravaganza King: Robert Barnet and Boston Musical Theater,
Northeastern University Press, 2004
Belfer, Lauren, City of
Light, Island Books, 2000 [Random House 1999]
Author interview
http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0599/belfer/essay.html "a hundred years
ago, Buffalo was one of the centers of America, the commercial gateway between
East and West, a place of incredible wealth, sophistication, and innovation, the
Silicon Valley of its day."
Hershey Felder,
George Gershwin Alone, Production Diary, Hershey Felder
I never expected to find descriptions of someone doing research at the Library
of Congress sound so glamorous -- and a wonderful performer as well.
Fraser, Antonia: The Weaker Vessel: Women in 17th century England, New York, Knopf, 1984. Recommended by Flora Fraser.
Fraser, Flora, Princesses: The six daughters of George III, New York: Knopf, 2005
Michael Holroyd, Works on Paper: The Craft of Autobiography and Biography Writing, Counterpoint Press, 2002
Richard Holmes,
Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer , Viking Penguin
I learned from this book from a Jean Strouse interview on the web and love
Holmes' story of bouncing a cheque -- because he dated it 1776 instead of
Keith Newlin, Editing Hamlin Garland, Keith Newlin http://people.uncw.edu/newlink/garland/editing.htm
Merritt Lee Nickinson Schatz, Kiss the Children for Father: Letters from a Civil War Prisoner at Fort Pickens, Pensacola Historical Society I'm not the first in my family to edit a collection of letters, though this is from another branch of my family. http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Children-Father-Pensacola-Historical/dp/B0006CMC26/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1291008826&sr=1-11
Catherine Osborne,
director of Burnt Over by Dorothy Fortenberry, New York, March 2005
A play with a plot revolving around 1840's family letters. Mary
Glen and Osbornes in New York
Linda Osborne and Casey King, Oh, Freedom, Kids talk about the civil rights movement with the people who made it happen Knopf, 1997
Jean Strouse, Alice James: A Biography Harvard University Press, 1999. I heard Jean Strouse speak at a New England PEN meeting in Cambridge. She told of visiting Alice James grave in the Cambridge Cemetery family plot and finding herself feeling terribly sorry for Alice -- and realized she was duplicating James family experiences.
Jean Strouse on JP Morgan , 2003 http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-strouse-jean.asp
AJA Symonds, The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography,
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on her diary 1785-1812, Knopf, 1990
Vowell, Sarah,
Assassination Vacation, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005
http://www.barclayagency.com/vowell.html Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley and
various travels to trace their histories. The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Simon &
Schuster, 2002
Wickenden Dorothy
Nothing Daunted: The Expected Education of Two Society Girls in the West, 2011
Dorothy Wickenden is an editor at the New Yorker. Dorothy Wickenden on
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Roughing it June 2009
Ragan, Robert, Deciphering old handwriting http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html from a course taught by Sabina Murray
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Celluloid pickguard is inlaid into the top with a flower decal. The construction on this mandolin, like most Oscar Schmidt-built instruments, is nice and reassuringly solid.
3/4 view. Bridge is rosewood and original.
Side view.
i recently purchased this same instrument in near perfect condition with the original case. case is rough but mandolin is in excellent condition. please let me know the value for insurance purposes.
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I found one of these at an antique shop in Maine. It seems to be in very good condition. It does need strings; what type/make would you recommend? I'm a fiddle player and would like to learn mandolin as well.
I just bought an antique mandolin that looks similar to yours, but it doesn't have a bridge. What kind of bridge is that?
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This is no longer a music instrument. It is a piece of ART!!
Hey we have the complete same one at home. It is in pretty bad shape, one rusty string left and half of the tuning is missing, worth fixing somewere? what do u think
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shape from those usually found in symmetrical, two-armed spirals. A
further criterion was that there should be no galaxies of appreciable
size nearby or that the peculiarity was such that it could not be
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with the 4m CTIO telescope (1421A). To decide whether these are
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Cleveland Plain Dealer... Ohio license plate slogans: God the clear winner, LeBron an object of scorn
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's pretty clear: Ohioans love God. And they also love to mock Ohio State football.
Don't believe it? Take a look at the list of phrases folks would like to see displayed on Ohio's new license plates, which will debut later this year.
About three-quarters of the nearly 400,000 responses the state received contained the word God, with most of those settling on Ohio's motto, "With God, all things are possible."
The suggestions were solicited by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles as part of a promotional campaign for the new plates.
In November, Gov. John Kasich announced that the plates would display 30 to 40 phrases in faint gray lettering against a white background and raised blue numerals and letters. The state suggested a few dozen slogans, but write-in ideas were also accepted. Voting closed on Monday.
Many of the responses were kind and well-intended and mentioned prized destinations, like Lake Erie, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, or simply, "Home." Or they cited famous Ohioans -- Jesse Owens, John Glenn, or one of the eight United States presidents Ohio claims.
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But some were downright mean and surely won't make the final cut, such as "Worst State Ever," "O-Lie-O" and 81 votes for phrases containing the word "sucks." You get the picture.
The governor, whose approval ratings have fallen, was the object of scorn in some of the suggested slogans -- "Impeach Kasich" is one suggestion we can print. Kasich has company, though: LeBron James. We can't print the vulgarities slamming the former Cavs star.
And a few were outright funny: "At least we're not Michigan," one slogan proclaimed.
The Ohio city most often named in the suggestions was Cleveland, with 324 votes, most of those referencing the Cleveland Orchestra. That was followed by Cincinnati with 276 votes, and then Columbus with just 13.
And at least in this polling, the Browns handily beat both the Bengals and Steelers.
And then there is Ohio State. There were more than 2,000 votes for slogans mentioning the university, including "The Ohio State University," "Go Bucks," and "OH-IO," the chant often associated with the Columbus school.
But about half of the OSU-related suggestions referenced the school's embarrassing recent NCAA scandal, including "Free tattoos."
Terrelle Pryor, the former OSU quarterback who left the school in 2010 amid scandal, pulled in nearly 800 votes from fans or haters, many of whom cannot spell his first name -- there were seven different variations.
And then there was Pryor's coach, Jim Tressel, who was booted from the school and subsequently punished by the NCAA over the same issue.
Tressel received only 16 votes, far fewer than the football program's most popular coach ever, Woody Hayes, who reeled in 656 votes. Even Hayes' arch-nemesis, Bo Schembechler, former coach of That School Up North, got 225 votes. Go figure.
The Department of Motor Vehicles will now sift through the responses and pick which ones will appear on the plates.
Here are about 50 of the most popular slogans Ohioans (and others) suggested for the state's redesigned license plate. Use the arrow buttons below to navigate the list. Each entry's vote tally appears beneath it -- and you can add your own idea, just for grins, in the entry space at bottom. It will appear in the same place as the official mottos, though it will not be saved.
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OPEC whimper Fixed tenure must |
Devil in the detail
Few opt for varsity teaching
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OPEC whimper THE only small gain to emerge from the one-day oil summit at Jeddah was that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait agreed to raise production, which, however, may be insufficient to calm the raging oil markets. Otherwise, the unusual gathering of oil producers, consumers and company executives that talked of cooperation on Sunday was sharply divided over what had led to the doubling of the oil prices during the past one year. The producers cartel, OPEC, that supplies 40 per cent of the worlds crude oil, blamed speculators. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia derided them as despicable. But the summit made no demand on the US to regulate the oil-futures market. A day after the summit, the crude price went up in the international market. Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, too, felt that the oil price is disconnected from the fundamentals of demand and supply and wanted the producers and consumers to wrest control from the traders by agreeing to a price band. There were few takers for his proposal. He had earlier suggested an Asian buyers cartel. This, too, has not materialised. The other viewpoint, voiced by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, insists that more than speculative pressures it is the surging demand from the developing countries like China and India, which has been driving up the oil prices. China, he says, will build 1,000 new cities and 100 more airports and its number of car-owners will rise from 37 million to 100 million. While the demand is definitely on the rise, the supplies have remained almost stagnant. Rather, there is a fall in oil production in Nigeria (due to militant strikes), Mexico and Norway. There is no way out of the crisis except to cut demand at the individual and country levels. The slowdown in the US and Asia is expected to cool demand. Nuclear and renewable sources of energy are regaining global attention. Part of the windfall profits that some countries and companies have made from oil should be channelled to boost green technologies. More taxes on oil guzzlers and relief for cheaper and non-polluting means of transportation are required. Mass transportation needs an urgent upgrade.
Fixed tenure
must FREQUENT
transfer of chief secretaries has affected the administration in many states.
It is common knowledge that they continue only at the chief ministers whim.
Himachal Pradesh has a new incumbent in Ms Asha Swaroop. She is expected to
continue in her present assignment until her superannuation in 2010. But the
question remains will she have a full innings? Her predecessor, Mr Ravi Dhingra, occupied the post only for a year. He may have proceeded on deputation to the Centre, but there was no plausible reason for his mid-term transfer. How can chief secretaries lead their teams effectively and ensure continuity in administration if they are changed frequently? The chief minister may have the right to select the chief secretary, but the problem is that he is peremptorily shunted out in the absence of a fixed tenure. Not long ago, Mr A.N. Vidyarthi had a stint for six months in Himachal Pradesh. The problem is endemic in other states too. In 2003, Mr Rajan Kashyap had just a three-month stint in Punjab. After taking charge as chief minister in March 2007, Mr Parkash Singh Badal shifted Mr K.R. Lakhanpal and brought in Mr Ramesh Inder Singh who was on deputation to the Centre. Jharkhand had six chief secretaries in five years. Even the 20-month period that Mr Dharam Vir has in Haryana prior to retirement wont be enough for a chief secretary to play a significant role in policy planning and administration. When the cabinet secretary, Union home secretary, defence secretary and the IB and RAW chiefs have a two-year tenure, why not replicate the same for the chief secretaries? For the latters appointment, the mechanism similar to the one suggested by the National Police Commission for the DGPs should be adopted. The chief secretary is the guardian of the civil services in the state, preserving their integrity, neutrality and responsiveness. He plays a critical role in the design and improvement of the administrative system for good governance. Apart from human resource development, he has to install and activate appropriate long-term planning, implementation and evaluation systems. These are roles that are too important to be neglected or bungled by too frequent transfers.
Devil in the detail WHEN Mr Gyanendra Shah, the former king of Nepal, made his final departure from the Narayanhity Palace in Kathmandu, among the things he did not hand over to the government is the famed snake throne. Mr Shah did part with the crown, sceptre and a number of other precious items of which the government took possession, since the country is now a republic. When there is no place for a king, where is the need for him to hang on to his royal trappings, was the logic. Yet an important item that the ex-king did not part with is the Shah dynastys throne. Since Mr Shah was moving out of the Narayanhity palace, he was dispossessed of the symbols of royalty on the premises. State and public attention also turned to Nagarjuna Palace, the summer residence of the royal family, to which Mr Shah and family were moving until they found a permanent residence befitting his new status as a citizen. In the process, little attention was paid to the absence of the throne. It appears that the snake throne is in the Basantapur Palace, which is now an archaeological space, along with numerous other royal treasures. Except that the throne is in a room under lock and key, unlike the regal memorabilia, which are open for public viewing. The key to the room is with a retired palace official. As the Nepalese government moves to take custody of the snake throne, it might also act to claim two other thrones of the Shah dynasty, which remain to be officially handed over. There must be a number of such details that require to be attended to. After all, the devil is in the detail.
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Few opt for varsity teaching IN a market system, the allocation of labour, including those highly skilled, takes place through market rules. The thumb rule followed is the principle of relative wages and salaries. An occupation which gives best rewards in terms of high wages and salaries is able to attract the best quality of labour, both skilled and highly skilled. The reverse is equally true: occupations providing low wages and salaries are not able to attract best human resources. Talented students look at teaching as a low-paid profession. The same is the case with professions like defence services. It is not surprising that a large proportion of vacancies remain unfilled for want of qualified candidates. Prof A. Vaidyanathan, Chairman of the Fourth Review Committee of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), has remarked very aptly: Even the best university departments are unable to attract high quality faculty. Professor Vaidyanathans remark is applicable equally for science, management and medical teachers. A recent report from the UGC brings out that more than 20 per cent vacancies in the Central universities are lying unfilled due to the lack of talented teachers. Though a large number of candidates are qualified in terms of the minimum qualification requirements, they are not found fit by selection committees for the job. The proportion of vacant posts in the state universities is much larger. The shortage of teachers is expected to be more acute in the near future. The National Knowledge Commission has recommended the setting up of 1500 new universities nation-wide to enable India to attain a gross enrolment ratio in higher education to at least 15 per cent by 2015. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan Working Group on Higher Education has fixed the target of 15 per cent enrolment ratio to be achieved by 2012, the terminal year of the Plan. Realising the difficulty of achieving this target, India Vision 2020 (Planning Commission, 2002) suggested a near doubling of investment in education as a soundest policy. This seems a rational policy perspective for full development of Indias enormous human potentials to ultimately reap the benefits of growing global knowledge economy. For the training of young population to convert them into gifted knowledge workers (intellectuals), the country must produce a large number of gifted and talented teachers for higher education. This is a colossal task. The accomplishment of this task is a big challenge for the country. This would require that the teaching jobs in higher education are made reasonably attractive, if not more attractive than those in the corporate sector. The situation demands that there is a big boost to the pay scales of the teachers. This would require that the pay scales recommended by the UGC Committee for University and College Teachers are not only in parity with civil and police services but are also lifted a step or two higher than those correspondingly recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission for equivalent positions. The logic of the market demands that if talented young persons are to be attracted to teaching and research the pay structure must be equally attractive along with an assured career advancement programme. The part of compensation can be allowed in the form of liberal research grants along with a mandatory sabbatical leave facility at every level to pursue research and provision of attending fully paid national and international conferences. It is expected that the UGC pay committee would make significant contribution through its recommendations. The committee is headed by Prof G.K. Chadha, an eminent economist and committed teacher and researcher, who is fully aware of these issues. It has also adopted the correct approach of holding 14 regional conclaves inviting vice-chancellors, principals, eminent educationists and office-bearers of teachers associations to grasp the ground reality and be aware of the issues faced by the institutions of higher education. One such regional meeting was held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on May 20-21. The recommendations for the correction of distortions in the relative salary package for the teachers in higher education are a necessary but not sufficient condition for attracting talented persons. The sufficient condition is related to the implementation of these recommendations. As on March 31, 2006, the number of the universities in India was 367. Out of this, 20 were Central universities directly funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development through the UGC. The recommendations of the UGC pay committee as and when approved by the government (hopefully in September-October this year) would be immediately accepted for the Central universities. The remaining universities (347) and colleges are funded by the state governments and some of them are not funded by any government. Now the number of the universities has crossed 405 and a large number of private universities are being established. Of the state and private universities (more than 385), only 158 are eligible for UGC grants. The remaining universities do not fulfil the conditions to be entitled for grants. These universities are in bad shape, and many of them can be safely labelled as sick institutions. Left to the state governments, a large number of universities would not be provided the necessary funds for the implementation of the revised/recommended pay scales. The important question is that how this resource constraint of the state government in higher education can be overcome. One possible wayout can be that of the total Central funding for the state universities and colleges of enhanced financial burden of implementation of the revised pay scales for at least for five years. This is justified on two counts: one, education is a priority area and is on the Concurrent List. Two, the Union Government, unlike the state governments, is endowed with the enormous flow of funds arising out of fast growth in the service sector. Another solution to meet the shortage of teachers is to increase the retirement age in higher education and make it equal to that of teachers in the Central universities. There were recommendations by the UGC in 1996 that the retirement age of university teachers should be raised to 62 years which several states, including Punjab, did not implement. Whatever the recommendation is made in this regard by the UGC committee, it should be mandatory for the state governments (as a condition of grant release) to implement it. This is in the interest of the country and the development of human resources. At the same time, the tendency to pay very high to a few selective faculty and moderately and low to others in the emerging private sector in higher education needs to be checked to avoid over-exploitation and early burn-out of younger faculty. The writer is a professor, Department of Economics, Punjabi University,
Madam Shakespeare
English society no longer seems to be enough charitable to the Bard of Avon. Two pieces of news in this context are important to take notice of. One, a cognitive scientist by the name of John Hudson, through his research, has claimed that Shakespeare was a woman in disguise. Two, Soothsayers in the UK will feel the heat of the new law if their predictions on love and good fortune dont come true. Remember, women and soothsayers control most of the action in Shakespeares popular plays like Hamlet, Othello and King Lear. Let me make it clear that feminists may please not mis(s)-under-stand me after reading what follows, for I am a votary of rights of women. And also that I am a believer in prophesies and predictions to the extent that you tell someone on a rainy day that he or she might need a rain- coat or an umbrella to protect against splashes in case one plans to venture out. Whether or not it is a timely warning to the despotic Caesar Beware of the ides of March or In natures infinite book of secrecy, a little I can read, as in Antony and Cleopatra the soothsayers are almost unheeded. The ghosts and witches in Shakespeares works seem to know more than their creator himself. This may only be a travesty of fate for the heroes with tragic flaws that the predictions in Shakespearian tragedies do come true and take their toll. They also confirm the playwrights belief in the supernatural as an important tool in weaving a plot. But Shakespeares powerful kings and princes never ordered beheading of soothsayers as the modern-day lawmakers in the land of the Bard seem to have done. And now the issue if Shakespeare was a Jewish woman who had to disguise herself as a man, for the Elizabethan London would never accept literature from a woman, a mere woman! (Apologies to Oscar Wilde!). To me it seems quite probable as I have been to Shakespeares house in Stratford upon Avon twice. If you have a look at the Bards bed, it is too small to be meant for a man. If Shakespeare was short of height, he would have roped in midgets in many an action scene to overcome his inadequacy. Also, the articles that are on display helplessly betray their masculine façade. Then, if it were not so why would Ms Shakespeare harp so much on frailty, suspicion, impediments, purpose and so on! Is it not only a woman who can observe a mans lean and hungry looks? Thank you John Hudson for your wonderful research. By the way, what are your views on Kalidasa, our desi Shakespeare, who in Meghdoot makes a droplet of water traverse the feminine waistline, negotiating each and every curve and marvelling at the shape as if it were a mans reconnoitring hand. And for the Indian fortune-tellers, they hardly do the libellous act themselves; rather they have it done by their
Salvation and sexuality THESE are not the best of times for the Anglicans, the third largest church with 77 million followers the world over. They face one of the gravest crises as they await the decennial Lambeth Conference (July 20-August 2), called by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Nearly a thousand bishops, including from India, are expected to attend the conference but this time it will be noticed more for the absentees than for the attendees. A fly in the Lambeth ointment is the Global Anglican Future Conference, Gafcon, for short, promoted by some bishops from Africa and other continents who are upset about the way some Anglicans have been reinterpreting the scripture vis-à-vis human sexuality and the primacy of the Word. About 300 bishops and clergymen are now holding a weeklong conference in Jerusalem, which will conclude on June 29. Many see Gafcon as the result of a schism, though one of the leading lights of the movement, Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen, an exceptional communicator whom I met last month, disapproved of such a nomenclature. Yet, a book in downloadable form Gafcon released prior to the conference entitled The Way, The Truth and The Life, shows that the hiatus between the official Anglican Church and the rebels has been widening and has, perhaps, reached a point of no-return. The book, in the drafting of which Indian theologian Vinay Samuel played a major role as a Convener, provides an insight into the theological, liturgical and historical issues that prevent a rapprochement between the two groups. The promoters of Gafcon wear the garb of the Orthodox and chose Jerusalem for their first conference, as theirs is a pilgrimage to the roots of Christianity. The Gafcon bishops position themselves on the three-legged stool of scripture, tradition and faith. What has really angered them is the goings-on in the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada. Both churches are part of the Anglican fraternity but have been in the news for the wrong reasons. At the last Lambeth Conference, named so because it was traditionally held at the Lambeth Palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1998, a resolution to the effect that homosexuality was incompatible with Scripture and homosexuals should not be consecrated was passed. Those who argued that homosexuality was also Gods own creation were so few in number that the resolution was passed with overwhelming majority. Alas, the resolution and the massive support it received at Lambeth did not prevent the consecration of Gene Robinson, a practicing homosexual of New Hampshire, as a bishop in 2003. The Church of Nigeria was the first to severe communion with the Episcopal Church of the
US in protest against the consecration. As if to spite his critics, last week, the controversial bishop formalised his partnership with Mark Andrew, first with a civil ceremony, and then with a service of thanksgiving at a New Hampshire church that was described as private but absolutely joyful. Earlier, the Diocese of New Westminster in Canada voted in June 2002 to approve the blessing of same-sex marriages with the enthusiastic support of their bishop Michael Ingham. These trends have forced the Gafcon bishops to conclude that for the Episcopalians in the US and the Canadians, the Bible is no longer authoritative in many areas of human experience, especially those of salvation and sexuality. All the subsequent efforts to influence the two churches in Canada and the US so that they could recant were in vain. The Gafcon bishops believe that marriage manifests the equal value of men and women before God, and also their complementarity. Marriage between man and woman is the context in which the good (for God creates all things good), yet powerful (as the Song of Songs notes), gift of sexuality is to be cherished, respected and enjoyed. And to rub salt into the wound of the Orthodox, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has not invited Bishop Martyn Minns of Nigeria, who has been campaigning against giving ecclesiastical sanction to gay marriage, to the Lambeth Conference. Whether all those who are in Jerusalesm now will eventually boycott the Lambeth Conference or not, the host has made known one decision - there will be no voting and there will be no resolution. Instead, there will be discussions on a host of issues, including human sexuality. Though it has not been explicitly stated in the Gafcon mission statement, there is growing resentment within the Anglican Church to the preeminence given to the Archbishop of Canterbury. There are dark hints that the Church of England did not play a significant role in the spread of Christianity in Asia and Africa. In India, it confined itself to providing pastoral care to the British soldiers and officials in the colonial service. It was societies like the Baptist Missionary Society which answered the Biblical injunction to spread the word of God. At another level, with mass desertions from its ranks, the Church of England has been losing its appeal to the faithful, who find greater fellowship in Pentecostal and other home churches. In comparison, the Anglican Church of Nigeria took Lambeth 1988s Decade of Evangelism to heart, and planted churches that increased its membership from 14 million people to 18 million, and now 20 million. Of course, for those familiar with Christian history, these developments, however seminal they may appear to be, are nothing new. Some of them see a parallel between the present events and the events in England in the 16th century when the Church of England broke from the Roman Catholic Church. From time to time, Christianity has dealt with heretical teachings like the ones supporting Bishop Gene Robinsons marriage to a man. Marcionism, Gnosticism and Arianism are some such heresies the church had to face in the ancient days. Through the mechanism of Councils like the one held at Nicene, it countered them with telling effect. It is time for another if the primacy of the Word, not
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, is to prevail.
Changing role of the tank in modern warfare Today
the Indian Army is categorically demanding the Russian T-90 Main Battle Tank (MBT) and not the indigenously developed Arjun MBT. The Defence Minister, however, is reported to be in favour of the latter. Whatever may be the ultimate outcome, and the choice of an MBT, it would be pertinent to examine the spectrum of the MBT today. Introduced 91 years ago in the battle of Ypres in 1917 at the fag end of the first World War, the tank continues to adorn the inventory of all major armies of the world and is produced by 32 countries at present. The main suppliers of MBTs to the contemporary arms bazaar are only five; France, Germany, Russia, UK and the USA. In the second rung of tank production and distribution stand Italy and China. In the third category are Argentina, India, Iran, Jordan, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan and South Africa who have managed, or at least are trying to manage, to induct their home grown machines into their armed forces. In this venture, however, India regretfully lags behind owing to divided opinion within the establishment itself. Often referred to as a state of the art MBT, a limited number of Arjuns have been inducted into the tank regiments, but import of more Russian T-90 tanks is high on the agenda of the Indian Army. Although for most armies of the world the tanks constitute the backbone of their combat preparedness, in many cases, nations are struggling to keep and maintain their fleet owing to shrinking budgets, along with prohibitive production, procurement and modernisation costs. On top of all these is the distinctly reduced possibility of tank warfare in the global arena. Even in the Indian context the use of the tank in war has been limited to the 1965 Indo-Pak conflict at Punjabs Khem Karan sector. A paradigm shift appears to be taking place in the tactics and use of the tank in 21st century warfare. Whereas previously the main role of the tank was to carry out offensive and defensive operations during high-intensity military engagement, recent battlefield experiences of British and US tank regiments and Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated that the MBT is equally effective in urban operations in the direct-fire, support role of dismounted infantry. The Iraq/Afghanistan conflict apart, the Israeli Army too, in recent times, deployed its heavy weight Merkava tanks to deal with Palestinian and other insurgents in urban areas around Gaza and Ramallah. Tank manufacturers have now started developing, often with the active assistance and advise of the user, customised upgradation to enable tanks to be more effective and lethal during urban conflict. However, as urban violence is proving to be a totally different ball game owing to its being in the midst of non-military and civilian population, conventional lethal weapons are often being substituted by improvised explosive devices, to cripple and restrict the use of a fifty ton steel plated armoured fighting vehicle, the most vulnerable part of which is its caterpillar. Hence the British, Germans and Americans are constantly trying to improve the defensive protection device of the tank. Thus, despite the post-Cold War downsizing of the tank fleet, most European countries are still producing and procuring tanks with new systems. The fundamental requirement of the tank nevertheless continues to be mobility, fire power and armour protection, which keep on changing in accordance with the users priority. Thus, the Israeli experience makes its jumbo-sized Merkava one of the heaviest and slowest of all the tanks owing to the peculiar need of enhanced protection and increased fire power in limited urban spaces. Arjuns power-to-weight ratio is considered inferior to the Pakistan built Al-Khalid because of Indian emphasis on fire power and armour protection, thereby making it heavier and slower to operate. Pakistan, however, seems to prefer quicker tank movements to change position and resort to fire, forget and fall-back tactics. Nevertheless, the tank today certainly is much more vulnerable and easier to hit by unconventional enemy fire than ever before. Thus the tanks can be immobilised by land mines, improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers. It can also be assaulted from the helicopter gunship, and by surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles. Nations are still building, operating and selling tanks no doubt. But for how long? That is the question. Perhaps the hey days of conventional tank warfare are now over. |
Delhi Durbar Muslims are clearly the flavour of the season for the BJP. With elections round the corner, the saffron outfit is going out of its way to induct Muslims into the party. In fact, the BJP is so desperate that even if a completely unknown person joins the party, it is announced with major drum beating while posters welcoming the newcomer are plastered all over the party office. Take the case of a gentleman called Mohammad Rustam from Jafrabad in East Delhi, who nobody in East Delhi, least of all any other part of Delhi, seems to know about. But this has not failed to dampen the BJPs enthusiasm. It has gone ahead and covered the walls of its main and Delhi offices with huge posters, welcoming this non-entity. Lessons in metro etiquette DMRC Chief E. Sreedharans repeated requests to Delhi commuters to remain orderly while boarding and disembarking from metro trains have fallen on deaf years.Delhiites continue to be at their unsophisticated best while using the world class Delhi Metro facilities. Delhi Metro has, therefore, been forced to deploy customer facilitation agents to ease the movement of commuters at Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate Metro stations and prevent incidents of pushing and shoving. Some months ago, Sreedharan had made a passionate appeal to Delhiites to be more orderly while using the service, assuring them that the stoppage time of a train was sufficient for everyone to disembark and get on to it. Metro authorities had also made markings on the platforms to ensure discipline, but to little avail.
SC status for Dalit Muslims Some MPs love to redefine the ethics of politics and protest. Ejaz Ali, the first-time Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar, is certainly trying. An entrant to Parliament, courtesy JD (U), Ali is squandering no opportunity to demand Scheduled Caste status for Dalit Muslims, as was recently argued in a study commissioned by the National Minorities Commission. Whereas the NCM, which could have actually gone to town with its findings, chose to silently forward the report to the government, Ali, it seems, has taken upon himself the onerous task of ensuring SC status for his Muslim brethren. As you cross his bungalow in the posh Fereozeshah locality, a huge banner, courtesy the All-India United Muslim Morcha (of which Ali is the convenor) greets you. It reads: The one who talks SC status for Dalit Muslims is the one who will rule in the Centre. Contributed by Faraz Ahmad, Vibha Sharma and Aditi Tandon
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It's a rare thing for a print magazine to come back to newstands after being shut down but one of the biggest such mags in the gaming industry is doing just that. After months of preparations, Electronic Gaming Monthly will return to newsstands in March with its April 2010 dated issue.
As some of you may know, the magazine was shut down just under a year ago by Ziff Davis as part of its complete escape from the game media industry. However the magazine's original founder Steven Harris bought back the rights to EGM last May. Since then he has been working to relaunch the print magazine and tie it into a digital version, EGM[i]: The Digital Magazine. Each newsstand copy of EGM will have a code to access EGM[i] that will provide both original content as well as article extensions. The new EGM will also have contributions from a number of the magazine's previous writers and editors.
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Packers great Hornung plans to sell some memorabilia
Paul Hornung, one of the greatest football players ever to wear a Green Bay Packers jersey, has agreed to sell some of his college and pro football memorabilia.
Among the items expected to be put up for auction at SCP Auctions is a reissue of the 1956 Heisman Trophy he won while playing for the University of Notre Dame. The trophy is not the original Heisman, but is an exact duplicate. Hornung sold his original Heisman years ago; a copy is housed at the Packers Hall of Fame at Lambeau Field. »Read Full Blog Post(17)
Election over, U.S. stocks dip on challenges to come
Investors abandoned stocks in droves Wednesday, a day after voters decided to keep the federal government closely divided, all but assuring a bruising fight over the nation's finances less than two months before big spending cuts and tax increases take effect.
Combine that with more dire economic news from Europe, including television footage of Greek citizens tossing firebombs at riot police, and the rout in U.S. markets was on. »Read Full Article(166)
Wind tower sales in Manitowoc rise as developers rush to complete projects
Sales of wind towers made in Manitowoc accelerated in the third quarter as wind developers rushed to complete projects before federal tax credits expire at the end of the year.
Broadwind Energy Inc. said Wednesday that sales of the wind towers it makes in Manitowoc rose 26%, to $37.4 million, in the third quarter. Sales are expected to contract somewhat this quarter, the company said. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
Horizon Milling to expand Kenosha flour mill
Horizon Milling said it will begin producing whole wheat flour at its mill in Kenosha later this fall following an expansion.
When the project is complete, Horizon Milling said it will have doubled its overall whole wheat flour capacity. The business produces whole wheat flour at its facilities in Ogden, Utah; Mankato, Minn.; and Mount Pocono, Pa. »Read Full Article
Rexnord 2Q net quadruples
Rexnord Corp., the Milwaukee industrial company that went public in March, said quarterly earnings more than quadrupled on an 11.4% increase in sales.
The maker of process and motion control equipment and water management products said fiscal second-quarter net income increased to $19.2 million, or 20 cents a share, from $4.5 million, or 6 cents, a year earlier. »Read Full Article
Magnetek profit falls as sales to renewable, coal sectors shrink
Magnetek Inc. on Wednesday said its net income fell in the third quarter as sales for the wind energy sector and the mining industry fell.
Overall sales fell 8% to $26.9 million in the third quarter, as declines in renewable energy and mining offset a 9% gain in the company's largest market, material handling. »Read Full Blog Post
Plexus plunges after loss of biggest customer
Plexus Corp. shares tumbled the most in six years after said it will no longer be a supplier to Juniper Networks Inc., losing its biggest customer.
Plexus learned on Nov. 5 that Juniper would stop using its manufacturing services by the end of the current fiscal year, the Neenah-based manufacturer said on a conference call Wednesday. »Read Full Article
Public financing plan for The Corners may face delay
A $35 million public financing proposal for The Corners shopping center in the Town of Brookfield may not go before the Town Board until December.
That's according to a BrookfieldNow.com article by reporter Rick Romano. The proposal, which the Plan Commission unanimously endorsed in October, was to go before the Town Board in November. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Sprint buying more markets
Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint is buying U.S. Cellular markets in the Midwest for $480 million to boost its network capacity in that region.
Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest U.S. cellphone carrier, said Wednesday that it is buying spectrum and 585,000 customers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. That covers about 10% of U.S. Cellular's customer base and includes its key Chicago and St. Louis markets. »Read Full Article(3)


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Finding The Core Of A Story: How The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Evolving For a Multi-Platform World
New York-based production company Starlight Runner Entertainment has been tasked with uncovering the heart of the TMNT story as the resurrected property expands to new platforms.
What is the essence of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Their descriptive name provides the basic biographical info, but, apart from Turtle Power, what are the heroes on a half shell really all about?
Since its premiere on Nickelodeon on September 29, the updated animated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) has averaged 3.4 million total viewers per episode—not bad for sewer-dwelling amphibians that first hatched in the mid-'80s as a self-published graphic novel and have been rebooted various times since.
Now, Nickelodeon has tapped New York-based production company Starlight Runner Entertainment to answer the question of what the Turtles are really made of in order to prep the classic franchise for multi-platform growth—websites, apps, a toy line, and ultimately, a feature film.
"We had to understand the essence of the property," says Starlight Runner cofounder Jeff Gomez. "What are the archetypal elements that resonate deep inside the audience when they are watching and enjoying this property? There is something about it that is unique and rings true because it touches the hearts and the primal minds of people and has transcended decades."
In order to create a cohesive narrative for TMNT, the Starlight Runner team, which specializes in transmedia narratives, studied all existing content for the property, including the various television incarnations of the Turtles, films, games, and merchandise.
At one point during the height of TMNT mania, in addition to the usual action figures, trading cards and video games, there were TMNT Pez dispensers and Ninja Turtles cereal. Hostess even produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pies (filled with "Vanilla 'Puddin Power!").
"Nickelodeon really wanted to pay homage to the world of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," says Starlight Runner Entertainment cofounder Mark S. Pensavalle. "We looked at anything that was ever created related to the Ninja Turtles."
The result was a "Mythology," a 450-page document that includes profiles for all of the characters, locations, prominent artifacts, vehicles, and weapons. "It contains the totality of the story world," says Gomez.
The essence of TMNT ultimately came down to "notions of brotherhood and unifying in the face of challenges as opposed to constantly attempting to go it alone," said Gomez.
But it was clear that to stay fresh for a new generation, the property had to change and adapt.
"The old-school Ninja Turtles had a bit of brooding moroseness," says Gomez. "They were outsiders. It wasn't cool to be green and live in sewers. But that has shifted. Now being an outside or kind of a nerd or weird dude is cool. That's a very positive and very Nickelodeon spin on the property."
One key design change that reflects this larger shift: In the old version of TMNT, the characters all looked exactly alike except for the color of their masks.
"Now they have four different skin tones, four different shells, four different heights. They have different freckles and warts and facial expressions that reflect four very different personalities," says Gomez. "Nickelodeon was smart to individuate their characters so they each have separate storylines."
Starlight Runner (which Fast Company listed as one of "The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Media" in 2011) has done similar transmedia work for large multiplatform projects such as Avatar, Tron Legacy, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Transformers.
"We see transmedia as an art form and communication methodology that is going to be vital in the next decade," says Gomez. "It's a new way of thinking that enables holders of intellectual properties or brands to design a new way of storytelling."
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It's heroes IN a half shell, not on.
Great article! A fan of the cartoons during the 90s. Your article makes me interested in checking out the new series. BTW, I just want to point out something:
"not bad for sewer-dwelling amphibians that first hatched in the mid-'80s as a self-published graphic novel and have been rebooted various times since."
Turtles are reptiles, not amphibians.